Federal bureaucrats' apparent fears of a thorough housecleaning are justified, as Trump has made no secret of his plan to "shatter the Deep State and restore government that is controlled by the People."
In March 2023, Trump announced that on day one, he would reissue his 2020 executive order establishing the Schedule F employment category for federal employees, making it easier to remove insubordinate and poorly performing bureaucrats from an estimated pool of 50,000 eligible candidates.
"I will wield that power aggressively," Trump vowed.
President Joe Biden revoked Trump's Schedule F in January 2021 and announced a rule earlier this year aimed at further shielding federal bureaucrats from accountability and from being ousted under a framework resembling Schedule F.
They should panic. Any scheme established by a President Biden can be dissolved by a President Trump, as they operate within the same limits on Executive powers. There's no way for Biden to do anything Trump can't undo except by exceeding those powers, and the overreach would be nullified.
Let them sweat. They need to feel fear.